In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

